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Braised Baby Potatoes (Gamja Jorim)

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Although gamja jorim can be cooked with regular potatoes, we opted from baby potatoes for two reasons. There is no need to peel them and that means a shorter prep time. The thin almost paper-like skin adds textural contrast to the otherwise monotonous soft creaminess of the potatoes.
The variety of chilies you use affects the level of heat. We used finger chilies here which are milder and two pieces were just right to provide a subtle heat.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Korean
Servings 4 people
Braised Baby Potatoes (Gamja Jorim)

Ingredients
  

Braising sauce

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine (mirin was used here)
  • ½ teaspoon grated garlic
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Vegetables

  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 20 baby potatoes rinsed, scrubbed and cut into halves
  • 1 medium carrot peeled and cut into half-inch cubes
  • 2 chilies sliced into rings
  • 1 onion peeled and cut into one-inch chunks

To finish

Instructions
 

  • Make the sauce by stirring all the ingredients together with half a cup of water.
  • Heat the cooking oil in a frying pan or wok.
  • Spread the baby potatoes in the hot oil and cook over high heat, stirring often, until the edges are just starting to brown.
    Browning baby potatoes and cubed carrot in oil
  • Add the carrot cubes and continue cooking for a minute.
  • Pour in the sauce.
    Adding sauce and chilies to browned baby potatoes and carrot cubes in pan
  • Add the chilies.
  • Cover the pan loosely and cook until the baby potatoes are soft but not mushy and the sauce has reduced to a couple of tablespoonfuls.
  • Throw in the onion. Cook, tossing, until the onion pieces are just starting to turn translucent and the sauce has reduced to sticky syrup-like consistency.
    Adding chunks of onion to baby potatoes and carrot in pan
  • Off the heat, drizzle in the sesame seed oil, sprinkle in the toasted sesame seeds and chili flakes, and toss a few more times.
  • Transfer the braised baby potatoes to a bowl (or small bowls) and sprinkle with scallions.
    Braised Baby Potatoes (Gamja Jorim) in White Bowl
  • Serve your braised baby potatoes hot or at room temperature.
Keyword Potatoes